Gotch Day Continued

Well, the long awaited day is over.  We were the only ones adopting a child so it wasn't anything like the stories we had heard.  When we got to the Civil Affairs office, Xu Hui and her nannies were there waiting for us.  Xu Hui had the picture of us we had sent in her hand.  She was dressed in several layers just like they said she would be.  She called us momma and father and called Miss sister.  We weren't there very long.  Maybe 15-20 minutes.  Once we were done at the Civil Affairs office we headed back to the hotel and the girls played.  Xu Hui was full of smiles until about 5:30 when she picked her backpack up and headed for the door.  We gathered our things and decided we would go get something to eat.  She was really quiet during dinner and we could see her demeanor change a bit.  When we left the restaurant, she insisted we go downstairs instead of up.  That is when she started to cry.  I picked her up and carried her to the room.  Luckily, it wasn't a bloody murder cry.

When we got to the room, she sat on my lap sobbing and saying the same thing over and over again.  Knowing I had no idea what she was saying, she got out her picture book and pointed to the picture of the orphanage and all her nannies.  It was heart wrenching.  The whole time she had her backpack on and wouldn't take it off but only to get something out of it.  After a little while, she got up and got a snack but still refused to take off her backpack or her shoes.  I got her to sit on the bed with me which I guess she decided warranted taking off her shoes but not her backpack.  After 5 minutes or so she ended up taking her backpack off and heaving it to the rollaway and asked that I unzip her jumper.  She then proceeded to crawl under the covers and was asleep in a matter of minutes.

So all in all, I can't complain about the day.  Xu Hui is going to have those days, so we just need to do what we can to help her through this grieving process.